WSJT-X Log Screen

[VK2CSW]

Hey WSJT-X Gurus,

I've read through the manuals and searched a fair bit on the interwebs but I still can't work out the difference between the Operator and the Name field.

Has anyone worked it out?

Cheers

[VK4ADC]

Colin

The callsign field (File/Settings/General) is mandatory & appears under the Mycall= entry in WSJT-X.INI
This is the callsign used for CQ calls, QSO exchanges.

The operator field ( File/Settings/Reporting) not mandatory and could be the callsign of someone operating under, say, a club call during contest, but this is their own call & appears under the Opcall= entry in WSJT-X.INI
It could also be the same as the main callsign..
It is sent to the likes of the PSKReporter.info web site and is probably a detail exported in the ADIF file too (although I haven't checked) or via the inbuilt UDP support to a compatible logging package.

It is not the operator's name.

Doug VK4ADC

[VK2CSW]

I should have attached an image.

I was refering to the dialog that opens to log a contact.

The fields I am referring to are highlighted in red.

   

[VK4ADC]

If perchance you know (or look up) the operator's name, type it in and it will be exported in the logging support file.  I haven't put anything in mine for some 880 QSOs on FT8 to date.

I suspect the the Operator detail will be pre-filled if you have put your optional callsign in the Reporting area, and it will be exported also. This more-than-likely is for contest or club station operation support as mentioned in the previous post.  This field is also blank in my entire log file.

My logging process is quite quick when the band is busy so all I do is click the OK button to save the pre-completed details and move on to the next QSO.

[VK5PJ]

Hey Colin,
those are there for you to fill in as optional details that go into the ADIF file saved by WSJT-X that you then import to your log program. To get 100% familiar, try putting some text into each field and see what gets imported into your log program or better still open up the ADIF file that WSJT-X generates and see what the 'descriptor' is against the data you have entered, I am sure if you google ADIF definitions or the like you will get a ton of hits on how to decipher an ADIF file.

Peter, vk5pj

[VK2CSW]

Hi Peter,

As soon as I extricate myself from this C# hole that I've dug, I will do that.

Thanks

Col